Where does “gagana Tokelau” come from?

gagana Tokelau (Tokelauan) comes from Tokelauan gagana, from Proto-Polynesian *ŋaŋana.

gagana Tokelau (Tokelauan): Tokelauan language

Definitions

  1. Tokelauan language

Ancestry of “gagana Tokelau”, step by step

gagana Tokelau traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tokelauan gagana

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tokelauangaganalanguage
2Proto-Polynesian*ŋaŋana—

via Finnish tokelau

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishtokelauTokelauan
Every word from Proto-Polynesian *ŋaŋana →Every word from Tokelauan gagana →